AVERY COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Essie Shell Richardson, 2 Apr 2002
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Essie S. Richardson

   Essie Shell Richardson, 79, 421 Old Mill Road, Elk Park, N.C., died 
Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at Cannon Memorial Hospital, Linville, N.C., 
following an extended illness.
   Mrs. Richardson was a native of Carter County and had lived in Elk 
Park, N.C., for the past 46 years. She was the daughter of the late Andy 
and Dollie Pritchard Shell and was also preceded in death by her husband, 
William Ray Richardson, three brothers, Leon Shell, Archie Shell and Hall 
Shell, and a sister, Ennis Shell.
   Mrs. Richardson was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist 
Church, Elk Park, N.C.
   Survivors include four daughters and three sons-in-law, Connie Stout, 
Elk Park, N.C., Ella and Jimmy Freeman, Barbara and Ferrell Calhoun, all 
of Newland, N.C., and Darlene and T.L. Langrudi, Topsail Island, N.C.; 
eight grandchildren, Wayne Dugger, Dolly Brostawski, Eddie Dugger, Gary 
Dugger, Marcle Waycaster, Lance Calhoun, Channing Langrudi and Crystal 
Langrudi; 10 great-grandchildren, Candy Dugger, Andrew Dugger, Jessie 
Dugger, Amanda Dugger, Susan Campbell, Bradley Dugger, Kimberly Dugger, 
Gavin Dugger, Drew Waycaster and April Dugger; three brothers, Milburn 
Shell, Hampton, Lowell Shell, Johnson City, and Lonnie Shell, Elizabethton; 
four sisters, Nomia Miller, Roan Mountain, Jewell Buchanan, Hickory, N.C., 
Opal Ferguson, Elizabethton, and Lala Shell Hicks, Hampton; and a special 
sister-in-law, Alexia Shell, Roan Mountain. Several nieces and nephews 
also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, (423) 772-
3928, is in charge of arrangements. 
Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   RICHARDSON -- Funeral services for Essie Shell Richardson, 79, 421 Old Mill 
Road, Elk Park, N.C., who died Tuesday, April 2, 2002, will be conducted at 11 
a.m. Friday, April 5, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, with the 
Rev. Dewayne Buchanan and the Rev. Johnny McCoury officiating. Interment will 
follow the service at Richardson Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be selected 
from family and friends. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. 
Thursday at the Rhododendron Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home. Friends may also 
call at the residence, 421 Old Mill Creek Road, Elk Park, N.C., at any time. 
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail address tetrick@funeral-
plans.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, is in 
charge of arrangements.